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asker (9 points)
Poser of sorts
Assertive one, perhaps
Fact finder perhaps
A·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
asper (7 points)
On the sayso of
Words with your instructions (wordplay)
On the say-so of
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aster (5 points)
Late bloomer (wordplay)
Michaelmas daisy for one
Yellow-centered bloomer, perhaps
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
astir (5 points)
Prison in commotion (wordplay)
Up and about - is art (anagram)
Out from under the covers
A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+R·1 = 5 pts
abaser (8 points)
One who humiliates
Shame is his game
One putting others down
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
abuser (8 points)
Say bully finds work in decrepit bar
Bully or addict
Addict or bully
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
amuser (8 points)
Fancy tickler (wordplay)
Comedian, for example
Clown, for example
A·1+M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
answer (9 points)
It's yours for the asking!
By some means we reach this (wordplay)
Key feature (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
ashier (9 points)
Nearer a volcanic eruption, perhaps
Closer to an eruption, maybe
Not as ruddy
A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
ashlar (9 points)
Dressed stone for facing (A, not E)
Large masonry stones
Masonry made of large square-cut stones
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
ashler (9 points)
Stone left enthralled by Macca's ex
Squared stone Var.
Squared stone variable
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
accuser (11 points)
Trial figure, perhaps
Person saying its you is bank client
Plaintiff's role.
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
adviser (11 points)
ID saver (anagram)
Ann Landers, for one
What Harriman is to Truman.
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
advisor (11 points)
One giving counsel (O, not E)
Commercial sun shade (wordplay)
Counsel of Ovid (ars horrendus)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
alastor (7 points)
Poem by Shelley, 1816
Poem by Shelley, 1815.
Poem by Shelley.
A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
amasser (9 points)
Candidate for "Hoarders"
One into collecting
One who stockpiles
A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
antsier (7 points)
More likely to fidget, say
Nastier stranger is more impatient
More prone to fidgeting
A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
apposer (11 points)
One who places things opposite each other
A·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
arouser (7 points)
Sudden noise, perhaps
Alarm clock, for example
That which excites
A·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
artsier (7 points)
More pretentious, perhaps
With more aesthetic pretension
Affected to a greater degree
A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aspirer (9 points)
Person with goals
One with hopes
He has high hopes
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assayer (10 points)
Is the analyst like the speaker, perhaps
Metallurgist, for one
V.I.P. in a rush (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
assumer (9 points)
Taker for granted
One who pretends
One who takes things for granted.
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assurer (7 points)
One saying "All's well"
Trust me speaker
One removing doubt
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
assuror (7 points)
Underwriter
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
astylar (10 points)
Without columns
A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
asunder (8 points)
Like junior perhaps going to pieces
Split like Neath (wordplay)
Sad rune (anagram)
A·1+S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
absenter (10 points)
One intentionally not present
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
absolver (13 points)
He who pardons.
Jack you may forgive
A priest may be such, or half a French one and you
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
absorber (12 points)
Sponge recipe accepted by sailor, not drunk
Cushion
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
absurder (11 points)
More ridiculous
More ridiculous bends on road during Lincoln runs
It's more ridiculous - I'm lost for words after Australian has bowled Root
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
adjuster (16 points)
Insurance-company employee
Insurance agency employee
Insurance company employee
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
adjustor (16 points)
Professional claims examiner
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
ambusher (15 points)
Go back (on a promise)
One who lies in wait
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
analyser (11 points)
One who traces the cause of things
One that breaks down, as nearly mad
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ancestor (10 points)
Someone in a tree (wordplay)
Great-great-great grandmother, for one
Someone up in a tree (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
answerer (11 points)
One who gets it (wordplay)
One who responds
Person coming back
A·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
appeaser (12 points)
One who gives in easily
Chamberlain, by reputation
Neville Chamberlain, to his critics
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
appriser (12 points)
One who'll fill you in
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
arrester (8 points)
Collar creator (wordplay)
Cop making a collar
One who takes people in
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
arrestor (8 points)
Police officer, at times
Hinderer.
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
ascender (11 points)
Part of letter one posts, say
Characteristic of b, d, or h
d or k, for example
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
asperser (10 points)
One who runs a smear campaign
Vilifying villain
He accuses falsely, as the ship's officer said
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
aspersor (10 points)
""One who asperses, also ASPERSER""
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
assailer (8 points)
He mugged a sailor, they say
One on the attack
One casting aspersions
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assenter (8 points)
One agreeing to make fool join
Yes-man, for example
... one agrees for fool to come in
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assentor (8 points)
One who agrees
Nominee endorser in Britain
Endorsing voter, in England.
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
asserter (8 points)
One who states plainly and strongly
One who's sure
One who seizes the day
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assertor (8 points)
Star rose to become a champion defender
One speaking positively
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assessor (8 points)
Perhaps the woman is silly or values it
One with a taxing job (wordplay)
Perhaps she's silly or after 22 across
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assigner (9 points)
Professor, at times
Professor, re homework
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assignor (9 points)
One transferring property rights, in law
Property transferor
One who nominates a southern Italian gentleman
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assister (8 points)
Help when family member needed
One who helps because she's related
Right-hand man.
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assistor (8 points)
Lawyer's aide
Supportive one
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assorter (8 points)
One who classifies things
Classifier
Classifier.
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
attester (8 points)
One bearing witness
One who certifies
One who gives evidence
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
attestor (8 points)
Notary, for instance
One's present at the trial, or ready to give one's 15 across at it
Certifier
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
auguster (9 points)
August
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
austerer (8 points)
Austere
A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
abolisher (14 points)
Abraham Lincoln, notably
Lincoln, notably
A throwback by literary cameraman chopping wood - one wielding axe
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
absconder (14 points)
Person on the run
Band score rewritten for The Fugitive
Fugitive running Bond's race
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
absoluter (11 points)
Absolute
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
abstainer (11 points)
Seat in bar maybe not his (wordplay)
No little 21 across for one
Who's abandoned seat in bar (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
abstruser (11 points)
Harder to penetrate
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
addresser (11 points)
One on a podium, perhaps
Speech-maker
Business machine.
A·1+D·2+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
aggressor (11 points)
Communist China, by U. N. vote of 44-7
The one who 'started it'
Beginner of a quarrel.
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
alabaster (11 points)
Statue material, perhaps
Altar base (anagram)
Figurine material, perhaps
A·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
almsgiver (15 points)
A giver of alms.
A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1+G·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
antisolar (9 points)
Opposite the sun
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
appetiser (13 points)
An early form of fuel (wordplay)
Cook prepares it right away, perhaps
Hors d'oeuvre
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appraiser (13 points)
Vintage-vehicle valuation expert
Art expert, at times
Extoller of a news agency's virtues (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
archosaur (14 points)
""A reptile of the subclass Archosauria, which includes the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and the modern crocodilians.""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 14 pts
aspirator (11 points)
Medical device removing fluid
Suction pump.
Suction pump
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
assaulter (9 points)
One making violent attack (on another person)
Attacker.
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assembler (13 points)
Constructor, of a sort
Person piecing something together
Code-converting computer program
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
auslander (10 points)
A foreigner.
A·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
avascular (14 points)
Not having blood vessels
A·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abstracter (14 points)
Abstract
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abstractor (14 points)
ABSTRACT to draw away
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
acquisitor (21 points)
One who acquires.
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
administer (13 points)
Manage publicity for one in church
Run as 'today's politician' (wordplay)
Pastor who pitches (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
admonisher (16 points)
One who admonishes.
A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
advertiser (14 points)
One publicising a product (S, not Z)
He pays the price of publicity
He has his own ideas on hoarding
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
ambassador (15 points)
David K. E. Bruce, for one
Bunker, for one.
One who's goodwill hunting (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
ambuscader (17 points)
""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
ankylosaur (17 points)
Armored beast of old
A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4+L·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 17 pts
antecessor (12 points)
Previous incumbent
Forerunner.
Forerunner
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
antismoker (16 points)
SMOKER one who {smokes=v}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
astrologer (11 points)
Expert on moving house (wordplay)
Charter for 11 (wordplay)
House examiner (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
astronomer (12 points)
Moon-starer (anagram)
Hubble, for one
One who knows what's up (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
antitruster (11 points)
Antitrust
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
assimilator (13 points)
ASSIMILATE To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
accomplisher (23 points)
One who accomplishes.
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
agroforester (16 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
A·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
anticonsumer (16 points)
CONSUMER one who {consumes=v}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
antimacassar (16 points)
Non-PC chair protector (wordplay)
Chair cover mascara stain made a mess of
Protective cloth on upholstered seat
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+R·1 = 16 pts
assassinator (12 points)
An assassin.
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
administrator (16 points)
Runner or dramatist in play
One managing business affairs
Overseer of a sort
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
affenpinscher (26 points)
German dog in fine French spa, barking
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
antifilibuster (19 points)
""FILIBUSTER A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
autotransformer (20 points)
""A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil.compensator or balancing coil.""
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+S·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 28 pts

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